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Confused yet? You probably are. It's a reference to the fantastic cartoon series ReBoot (the quote is from Series 3 Episode 3 - Enzo's telling Cyrus how to reboot into a game). I've just discovered that the whole of ReBoot is available online - it's available on YouTube and neatly grouped here. So go and check it out!

Anyway, the reason for the slightly unusual title is actually in the next line: Beetroot. My brother has succeeded in growing quite a lot of beetroot... but without any real idea of what to do with it. I took two and thought I'd give beetroot cake a go. It's essentially a carrot cake with beetroot substituted for carrot, but also cocoa and spices added to help soak up some of the sweetness and cut through the beetroot flavour. That's the idea anyway...ReBoot Cake
Ingredients

• 250ml Light olive oil
• 250g Golden caster sugar
• 3 Eggs
• 250g Self-raising flour
• 1/2 tsp Baking powder
• 50g Cocoa powder
• 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp Grated nutmeg
• 1 1/2 tsp Ground ginger
  
• 50g Honey
• 2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 220g Beetroot, peeled

Method

1. Beat the sugar, eggs and oil together.
2. Sift in the flour, baking powder, cocoa, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Add the honey and vanilla extract and fold in.
3. Grate the beetroot coarsely and fold in.
4. Pour into a greased, lined cake tin and bake at 180C/Gas Mark 4 for 1 hour.
5. Allow to cool on a wire rack.

The top of a beetroot after being sliced off. Pretty, no?
Here are the peeled beetroots.
The cake itself, ready for the oven. It just looks like a regular cake with bits in.And finally, the cake straight from the oven.